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#26: Nov 1st 2025 at 10:22:13 AM

It's the fourth time someone proposed Riley, yet without an image.

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#27: Nov 1st 2025 at 11:23:21 AM

I had a look because I know the scene as well, but honestly I'm not 100% sure the potential screenshots are going to make sense to someone who doesn't know the work. Not sold on 20 either.

I vote BUPKIS for now.

Edited by Eggy0 on Nov 1st 2025 at 7:23:36 PM

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#28: Nov 1st 2025 at 11:39:33 AM

Yeah, a reminder that textual suggestions are not encouraged. You need to actually come with an image, because not everyone has seen Inside Out 2.

That being said, if no one's going to pitch images then I'll be the one to go at bat. I tried cropping out the black bars since I can't find a version of the scene without them, but if it bothers people I can pitch the same suggestions with them on.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000008965.jpg


https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000008977_3.jpg

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#30: Nov 1st 2025 at 12:37:50 PM

[tup] 20

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#31: Nov 1st 2025 at 1:06:46 PM
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#32: Nov 1st 2025 at 3:04:44 PM

[tdown] I've seen the movie and it just looks like she's having a Heroic BSoD. [tup] BUPKIS

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#33: Nov 1st 2025 at 3:42:37 PM

To clarify, my vote is Bupkis as well. Static imagery is just not useful in differentiating between a Panic Attack and a Heroic BSoD. There's too much involved that simply not shown. The nervous sweating, the tremors in the voice, the hyperventilating. They just don't translate in a static image.

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#35: Nov 1st 2025 at 4:09:15 PM

Yeah, I don't think we'd be able to find a very good image unless we find an example of it happening in a comic or something, and nobody's come forward with any suggestions from that medium. The suggestions so far are somewhat weak (I think 20 is the better one, but I'm not really feeling it either way).

My vote is BUPKIS.

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#36: Nov 1st 2025 at 4:55:08 PM

How about this one panel from this comic. Sadly I can't find the webtoon link anymore to the actual webcomic looks like it was delisted.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crackedsecretspanicattack.png

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#37: Nov 1st 2025 at 4:55:46 PM
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#41: Nov 1st 2025 at 6:30:07 PM

One thing I did whip up earlier was this using screenshots from Inside Out 2 trying to capture the racing heart rate and swirling anxiety by overlapping some screenshots of Riley's internal and external states but I wasn't sure it worked:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000010181.png

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#42: Nov 1st 2025 at 6:37:29 PM

[up] That's actually a lot better than what I was suggesting. I was going to have one or two images of Riley and maybe one image of her internal state. [tup] to that for my vote, though I think we're going to need a crowner.

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#43: Nov 1st 2025 at 9:16:41 PM

Adding more confusion (lol) by suggesting these that showed up on my Youtube algorithm. Idk if they're giving Freak Out or mere fear, or are too mild, but I think Lunella is a good suggestion.

  • 43.1:
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lunella_panick_attack.png

  • 43.2:
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lunella_panics.png

  • 43.3:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pusspanic.png

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#44: Nov 1st 2025 at 10:35:24 PM

Im not feeling any of them particularly. For 41, I have 0 idea what the last panel is even supposed to be. It looks like the image is bugging out. Also the fact her hand is glowing in panel 2 just makes it more confusing? Is she doing magic? What's that even supposed to mean?

For 43, the first two don't really look distinct form Heroic BSoD. The last one just looks like he's afraid.

Edited by Ghilz on Nov 1st 2025 at 1:36:12 PM

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#45: Nov 1st 2025 at 11:03:40 PM

[up] Gracie overlapped two screenshots in the last panel of 41 to deliver more oomph to the image. Riley's hand glowing is just a lens flare, though, I think.

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#46: Nov 1st 2025 at 11:04:37 PM

Cool, but not having seen the movie this just looks like the image is glitching out. And the glowing hand is distracting and looks like magic.

Edited by Ghilz on Nov 1st 2025 at 2:05:35 PM

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#47: Nov 1st 2025 at 11:48:06 PM

Throwing my [tup] in for 36 because out of all the suggestions listed in this thread, it's still the only one that seems to clearly illustrate a panic attack and not be painfully cluttered or messy.

Edited by Lumberwood on Nov 1st 2025 at 11:48:38 AM

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#49: Nov 1st 2025 at 11:58:20 PM

Yeah I'm coming around to 36 weak [tup]

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#50: Nov 2nd 2025 at 4:47:18 AM

[tup] 36

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